{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-undertakings-rateable-values-scotland-order-2003/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-undertakings-rateable-values-scotland-order-2003/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2003/187",
  "legislation_title": "The Water Undertakings (Rateable Values) (Scotland) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-undertakings-rateable-values-scotland-order-2003",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Order–\n“the 1975 Act” means the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975;\n“financial year” means the period of twelve months beginning with 1st April;\n“prescribed class of lands and heritages” means the class of lands and heritages prescribed for the purposes of section 6(1) of the 1975 Act in article 3 of this Order.\n(2) Any reference in this Order to–\n(a) lands and heritages occupied by Scottish Water includes a reference to lands and heritages which, if unoccupied, are owned by it; and\n(b) lands and heritages used for any purpose includes a reference to lands and heritages which are unused but in relation to which it appears that, when next in use, they will be used for such a purpose.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Scottish Water was established by section 20 of the Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 3)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2003/187/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:37:04.003055+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}